tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9336879.post3123012003089399694..comments2024-03-18T06:44:55.556-04:00Comments on The Birdchaser: Birding Becoming Less Popular?birdchaserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059679554555819009noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9336879.post-41098038141686945752012-11-10T11:42:10.649-05:002012-11-10T11:42:10.649-05:00A number of folks have stopped using Google as the...A number of folks have stopped using Google as their primary search engine. Could this not effect the results? Seems likely when you consider the drop in the other topics mentioned by the Anonymous commenter above.joatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415726428637484056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9336879.post-955310105888533022012-10-25T14:03:39.075-04:002012-10-25T14:03:39.075-04:00@The Zen Birdfeeder, the most searched terms here ...@The Zen Birdfeeder, the most searched terms here ("birds") seem to be related to the very popular "angry birds" game, rather than increasing popularity of birdwatching. Unfortunately. I found that Birdchaser's observation is supported by some related search trends, such as "wildlife", "birdwatching" and "ornithology". <br /><br />It would be alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15583655103079178951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9336879.post-2160810562334931692012-10-23T11:57:48.423-04:002012-10-23T11:57:48.423-04:00This is really interesting, Rob; thanks for postin...This is really interesting, Rob; thanks for posting it! I think in the case of the ABA, RM is right: at long last, the organization has such a strong and conspicuous web 'presence' that those of us who used to get there by way of searches now do it by means of bookmarks. I see that as only good news.<br />The decline in searches for 'birding' is weird, though. Who knows, maybe Rick Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02801813993105953852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9336879.post-53738399014889613052012-10-22T18:17:08.252-04:002012-10-22T18:17:08.252-04:00I wouldn't make too much of this. You get simi...I wouldn't make too much of this. You get similar results if you enter things like "golf", "nascar", "fishing", and probably a number of other things. I sincerely doubt that all these very popular activities are also losing popularity at the same rate. These charts to me have the look of something that isn't really well calibrated or normalized, and can be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9336879.post-89560344793751051282012-10-22T18:14:26.214-04:002012-10-22T18:14:26.214-04:00Zen, yeah, that's interesting. Birds as a sea...Zen, yeah, that's interesting. Birds as a search term is more popular than ever. Birding, not so much.<br /><br />Robert, I'm guessing when Google autofills a search term for you, and you click on that, it still counts as a search.<br /><br />birdchaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059679554555819009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9336879.post-86839972637904683632012-10-22T18:11:07.935-04:002012-10-22T18:11:07.935-04:00Hmmm....
I know that governmental medical groups ...Hmmm....<br /><br />I know that governmental medical groups use Google search data like this hoping to observe and then predict the spread of flu bugs, so there must be something valid related to the power of Google search trends. <br /><br />Have we proliferated and saturated the online birding world so well that people go straight to the sources without searching? Have Google searches Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333731452974780237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9336879.post-16060566522765888802012-10-22T18:01:05.305-04:002012-10-22T18:01:05.305-04:00Rob, take a look at the graph when all you enter i...Rob, take a look at the graph when all you enter is "birds". That even confuses the matter more.The Zen Birdfeederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07628190881212793758noreply@blogger.com